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March 01, 2019
Chicago Tribune: AbbVie pledges $40 million to fund construction of new middle school in North Chicago
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February 26, 2019
IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
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February 25, 2019
Shelterforce: Who Will Benefit From Opportunity Zones? It’s Still Unclear
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February 06, 2019
How one woman of color transitioned from utility executive to construction industry leader
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February 05, 2019
One of the nation’s best schools takes a deep dive in Indianapolis – breathing life into historic Naval structure
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February 05, 2019
St Louis’s Center of Creative Arts: Bridging the divide through the arts
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February 05, 2019
Creative match-making leads to new early childhood education center on Detroit’s East Side
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February 05, 2019
Model D: Inside Marygrove College’s new direction: How it was saved and where it’s going
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January 18, 2019
Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018
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January 09, 2019
Profile: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO, Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI)
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January 09, 2019
Peaceful block, peaceful home, peaceful soul: How one Home First resident is experiencing life in Humboldt Park
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January 09, 2019
‘Schools, not jails:’ Kansas City leaders welcome new child care center
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January 09, 2019
‘Garfield Park rules!’ as The Hatchery opens doors to food entrepreneurs in Chicago
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December 07, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times: The Hatchery, a $34 million food/beverage incubator, opens in East Garfield Park
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December 05, 2018
WBEZ: Vacant School Buildings Litter Chicago Neighborhoods After Mass School Closings
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November 30, 2018
WBEZ: Chicago Has A Plan To Build Near CTA Trains. But Who Does It Help?
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November 12, 2018
Profile: Wendy Baumann, Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation
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November 12, 2018
Foundations College Prep: From a ‘tiny beginning’ to a thriving community
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November 12, 2018
Ministering to the soul: St. Louis nonprofit grows into new space for the formerly incarcerated
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November 12, 2018
IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
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October 15, 2018
Illinois Fresh Food Fund generates $34 million in community investment
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October 02, 2018
Profile: Camarrah Morgan, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation
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October 02, 2018
Tax credits enable faith-based CDC to open “nonprofit mall” and game-changing community center in Lafayette, IN
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October 02, 2018
Giordano Dance transforms historic church into modern marvel
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September 14, 2018
Crain’s Detroit Business: Kresge puts $50 million behind Marygrove ‘cradle-to-college’ center
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September 05, 2018
High school that emphasizes service makes investment in IFF
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September 05, 2018
‘People learn to live again here:’ Kansas City’s Healing House expands to meet growing need
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September 05, 2018
IFF Learning Spaces: Three Stories of Growth
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September 04, 2018
Profile: Lisa Mensah, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
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September 04, 2018
The Real Deal Neighborhood Spotlight: Can North Lawndale’s future live up to its past?
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August 07, 2018
Voices of Cody Rouge: Chris Uhl of IFF on the importance of early childhood education
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August 06, 2018
‘He always, always had my back’: How IFF partnered with Heartland Alliance to open a specialized health care facility on Chicago’s south side
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August 06, 2018
The ‘homeland’: JEI’s historic reno brings nonprofit back to Jefferson Chalmers and anchors community development efforts
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August 06, 2018
Profile: Eric Weinheimer, President and CEO, Forefront
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July 11, 2018
Profile: Angela G. Reyes, Executive Director and Founder, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
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July 10, 2018
Fort Wayne’s ‘The Landing’: Development brings new life to one of Indiana’s oldest commercial districts
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July 10, 2018
Resilience: How the Stronger Nonprofits Initiative is ensuring access while changing the narrative
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July 10, 2018
Breaking old ground: How Arts@Large is resurrecting the old Polish Arts Center in Milwaukee
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June 26, 2018
Model D: Voices of Cody Rouge: How a local church and its partners saved a key community resource center
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June 14, 2018
Chalkbeat: As caregivers struggle to make ends meet, 28,000 Detroit children go without care
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June 07, 2018
Ground broken for new Arts @ Large Community Center, to be ‘hub of activity’ in Walker’s Point
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June 06, 2018
‘We just don’t give up:’ How one alternative school is reaching homeless, dropout youth throughout Michigan
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June 06, 2018
Profile: Maxine Clark, CEO of Clark-Fox Family Foundation
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June 06, 2018
A Total Partnership: How IFF and Centers for New Horizons are planning for the future
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June 06, 2018
Former candy factory transformed into sustainable, affordable housing facility in Indianapolis
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May 15, 2018
Chicago Reader: Chicago’s civic and business elite put on epic display of wokeness, roll out racial equity plan
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May 03, 2018
Profile: Jeremy Nowak, Author and Strategist
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May 03, 2018
Milwaukee Christian Center stabilizes neighborhoods one home at a time
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May 02, 2018
Chicago Artists Coalition utilizes MacArthur program’s financial training to manage rapid growth
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April 16, 2018